Hurricanes are often associated with soaring gas prices, and sometimes even complaints from drivers about price gouging by gas stations as well. Experts, however, say that Sandy’s effects on gas prices will be mild.

After a campaign season in which it was the missing in action issue, climate change roared back into relevancy in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Bill McKibben, the writer-turned-activist behind 350.org, put it in stark terms.

Specialist Brett Hyde keeping guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 29. Gives one chills, and a certain sense of pride, that troops honor their unknown compatriots at Arlington National Cemetery 24/7.

Even before Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast of the U.S., economists were predicting that the historic storm would cause billions of dollars in damage across more than a dozen states where planes were grounded, …